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Wednesday, February 28, 2001 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER D3 OMHA1/4 finals The Oakville Rangers pee wee A rep team continue to achieve their seasonal goals. Sponsored by Marathon International and Team Invidiata Homes/Remax, the Rangers are undefeated in Tri County play off action, have won another silver medal at a tournament and have earned the right to face Thorold in the quarterfinals of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association play downs. Oakville got a bye in the first round of the play downs, by virtue of winning first place in Tri County league play with an .896 winning record. OMHA SECOND ROUND In the second round, the Rangers out pointed Owen Sound 7-3 in five games (22, 4-2, 4-3, 2-5 and 3-2). Oakville tied the first game in the series 2-2 on a last minute come-from-behind goal to force the game into overtime. The next day back in Oakville, Rangers won handily 4-2 and went to Owen Sound later in the week to win 4-3. Owen Sound kept the series alive with a 5-2 win and the Rangers returned to Owen Sound to win 32. Wrestlers advance to OFSAA Oakville will be represented by some familiar faces at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) provincial wrestling championships which run Thursday through Saturday in Guelph. Kevin Stewart of Biakelock High School and Mike Kucan of White Oaks Secondary School both advanced by winning their respective Golden Horseshoe Athletic Association (GHAC) championships this past weekend. It was Stewart's fourth consecutive G-HAC title and Kucan's second. They did it in contrasting styles. Kucan's flu bug didn't bug him as he totally dominated his weight class, winning all his matches by pins. Stewart was bothered by a shoulder which he dislocated in January and which kept him from practicing the previous five weeks. To add to his challenge, he was entered into the toughest weight class (54K) of the tourna ment. With only two wrestlers able to qualify for OFSAA, the tournament came down to a round robin format of the top three wrestlers in the weight class. The three then completed the round robin with one win and one loss. However, the big blow was struck by by Stewart in his first match against previously undefeated T.J. Shail of Georgetown when he pinned him with less than one minute to go. It was the only match between these three top wrestlers (the third was Chris Holmes of E.C. Drury) that did not finish in a close decision. Stewart received an extra two points for the pin which carried him through to the championship. O SC - Metro West results (Continued from page D1) K ristina D iClem ente B rooke C achia K ylie M cM ahon C atherine Sue-A -Quan C laire Follett Em ily M errick Stephanie van Veen A lexandra S kinner K ara Egelton Taryn Spiegel berg P re-Prelim inary Freeskate P re-Prelim inary Freeskate Prelim inary Ladies Freeskate Prelim inary Ladies Freeskate Jr. B ronze Freeskate Jr. B ronze Freeskate Sr. B ronze Freeskate Sr. B ronze Freeskate Jr. Silver Freeskate Jr. Silver Freeskate 8 9 11 11 5 10 3 7 4 4 2 4 6 7 6 9 9 Final F light F light Flight R ig h t F light Final F light R ig h t F light 1 I 2 I 2 2 1 2 Jacqueline Fisher K endra A nne Johnston K aylen Shim oda K atie Bonar K risten R obinson C ourtney Andison C urtis Samuel Sr. Silver Freeskate G old Freeskate Pre-Juvenile Ladies B P re-Juvenile Ladies B Juvenile Ladies Juvenile Ladies Pre-Prelim inary M en F/S Final Final Final Final Final Final Final Eric von Hagen Danny Pursoo C am eron M cCann Sr. Bronze Men F/S Gold Men F/S Pre-Juvenile M en A F/S Final 1 (Exhibition) 4 Final Kendra Anne Johnston C aitlin Harvey Br. Artistic Ladies Br. A rtistic Ladies 1 3 2 5 9 7 9 12 7 T7 T7 8 9 4 5 4 Final Final Courtney Andison/ Eric von Hagen Katie Sheridan C aitlin Radich Lizzy Schw artz A m anda Lepholtz A lexandra Antidorm i C atherine Sue-A -Q uan H illary Buchan-Terrell Karen N ewman Jenna Preston Kelly D onaldson Taryn Spiegelberg K rysten Becker C ourtney A ndison Juvenile Pairs Pre-Prelim inary Solo Dance Pre-Prelim inary Solo Dance Prelim inary Solo Dance P relim inary Solo Dance Jr. B ronze Solo D ance Jr. B ronze Solo D ance Sr. B ronze Solo D ance Sr. B ronze Solo Dance Jr. S ilver Solo Dance Jr. S ilver Solo Dance Jr. S ilver Solo Dance Sr. Silver Solo D ance Sr. Silver Solo Dance Final F light F light F light R ig h t R ig h t R ig h t Final Final R ig h t R ig h t R ig h t Final R ig h t 1 2 1 3 1 2 Jesse Mejaski led the offensive attack against Owen Sound with 7 points (4 goals. 3 assists). Pat Kahnert and Bryce Dakin each added six points (1 goal, 5 assists). Jeff Sebben contributed four points (3 goals and 1 assist), while David Sissons and Dean Kenwood added three points (1 goal. 2 assists). Brian Marshall scored two goals during the series, while Caleb Invidiata got a goal and an assist. Matt Bums notched two assists, and Scott Emberley, Derek Werstroh and Steven Thomas added assists. Oakville goalies Matt Sulyma and Mike McMurrich faced 166 Owen Sound shots over the five games, for a .916 save per centage. Oakville potted just 115 shots on the Owen Sound netminders, but scored on every eighth shot taken. The Oakville defence kept the Owen Sound shots outside the funnel throughout the series; they are Bryce Dakin, Jordy Camilleri, Scott Emberley, Brian Marshall, Steven Thomas and Derek Werstroh. OMHA THIRD ROUND In the third round, Oakville eliminated Woolwich in three straight games (4-1, 4-2 and 4-1). In the first game, Oakville beat Woolwich 4-1 at home, and then won the second game in Woolwich 4-2, returning home to wrap up the series 4-1. Mike McMurrich and Matt Sulyma reg istered a .949 joint save percentage during this series, stopping 75 of 79 shots, while Oakville scored on every seventh shot of 87 they fired at Woolwich's net. David Sissons led the offensive attack with seven points (3 goals/4 assists) over the three-game series. Jesse Mejaski scored four goals and Caleb Invidiata picked up four assists. Other point getters: Jeff Sebben scored a goal and added two assists, Steven Thomas contributed three assists. Matt Bums scored twice, Pat Kahnert and Bryce Dakin got a goal and assist each, while assists went to Steven Zeni, Jamie Flegg, Derek Werstroh and Dean Kenwood. OMHA QUARTERFINALS Oakville are now playing Thorold in the OMHA quarterfinals, having lost 2-1 to Thorold in the finals of a Grimsby tourna ment in January. The series kicked off this past weekend. NORTH YORK TOURNEY The Rangers took home silver after six games at a North York tournament at the beginning of February, losing 3-2 in over time to a minor peewee AAA team from Tri County, Pennsylvania. Oakville started the tournament with a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Waterloo AA peewee team. Waterloo AA had beaten the Oakville A team 3-2 at a Woodstock tournament last October, so it was sweet revenge for Oakville. Oakville then went on to beat Cambridge, 3-1. In the third game, Rangers were down 4-1 with 4 minutes to play... and almost accomplished an amazing comeback in a 54 defeat. In quarterfinal play. Rangers decisively beat Erindale 4-0 (Matt Sulyma earned the shutout). In semifinal action, Rangers came from behind to force overtime versus Cambridge... and had to go from 4-on-4 to 3-on-3 to 2-on-2 to 1-on-l before winning the game 2-1 on a goal by team scoring leader David Sissons. Mike McMurrich stopped eight breakaways in overtime action. Then the final against a feisty minor peewee AAA team from Pennsylvania, which went down to 2-on-2 overtime action before the Americans popped the winner. David Sissons led Oakville's tourna ment scoring with six points (4 goals/2 assists). Jamie Flegg picked up five points (2 goals/3 assists). Dean Kenwood four points (3 goals/1 assist)... while three points went to Jesse Mejaski (1 goal/2 assists), Jeff Sebben (1 goal/2 assists) and Pat Kahnert (3 assists). Two points to Steven Zeni (2 goals), Brian Marshall (1 goal/1 assist), Steven Thomas (2 assists) and Scott Emberley (2 assists), while Jordy Camilleri and Matt Bums added assists. Oakville out shot the competition 124-86 over the six games. LEAGUE PLAYOFFS The Rangers launched the league play offs with a 5-0 victory over Burlington (January 15). Mike McMurrich stopped all 18 Burlington shots, and Oakville now has 11 shutouts in 62 games over the season. Oakville took 39 shots at the Burlington netminder, scoring twice in the second and three times in the third. David Sissons set up three goals, while line mate Jesse Mejaski potted a hat trick. Jamie Flegg and Caleb Invidiata scored a goal each, while Brian Marshall, Jordy Camilleri, Derek Werstroh. Jeff Sebben Matt Bums and Dean Kenwood picked up assists. Strong two-way play by Steven Zeni, Pat Kahnert, Bryce Dakin, Scott Emberley and Steven Thomas helped secure the victory. EXHIBITION PLAY Oakville beat Markham Islanders 8-3 and 4-3 in exhibition play (January 14 and February 18 respectively). Oakville now sports a record of 46 wins, 11 losses and five ties in 62 total games this season and earning winning percentages of .812 in playdown action so far as well as .896 in league play. Third round sweep over Grey-Bruce The Oakville Rangers atom AAA rep team have picked the right time to get hot. A recent three-game sweep of regular season nemesis Grey Bruce in their Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) third round series made it six playoff victories in a row after finishing off Niagara Falls, in the second round, in thee straight (as previ ously recounted in the Beaver). The team had received a first round bye after fin ishing off the regular season with a nine-game unbeat en streak which secured first place. The Rangers will now play a final best-of-five series against Burlington for the South Central cham pionship but it's for bragging rights only as both teams, by virtue of their third round wins, have quali fied for the OMHA finals to be played at York Simcoe, March 16-18. Here's a recap of the Grey-Bruce series. OAKVILLE 6, Grey-Bruce 1: Oakville broke open a close 2-1 third period lead with four goals with less than three minutes left in the game. Grey Bruce opened the scoring in the middle frame but it was Oakville ahead 2-1 going into the third period. Goals, in order, were scored by Kellan Lain, Brendan Taylor, John Kurtz, Sam Gagner, Justin Vaive and Dan Hunt. Assists went to Kyle Badham (2), Jacob Truant (2), Alex Corrance, Mark Friesen. Murray Cruickshank, Vaive, Taylor and Kurtz. OAKVILLE 3, Grey-Bruce 0: Graeme Moffatt earned the shutout with some spectacular saves. Goals, in order, were scored by Sam Gagner, Kyle Badham and Dan Hunt. Assists went to Gagner, Justin Vaive, Kellan Lain and Jacob Truant. OAKVILLE 5, Grey-Bruce 2: Oakville got off to a good start with Jordy Watts starting off an eventual hat-trick with a goal just 43 seconds into the game. Additional markers were provided by'Justin Vaive and John Kurtz. Assists went to Cody Goloubef (3), Kurtz (2), Taylor (2), Kyle Badham. Stu Favretto and Mike Young. 1 1 2 2 Stephanie van Veen D imah N assar * Gold Solo Dance G old Solo Dance 1 8 Final Final skaters in boldface advance to this weekend' s Central Ontario inter-club finals Are you between 6 & 14 yrs of age? _(§s _of Aug.31)_ Gutsy comeback attempt falls short 2 0 0 1 FOOTBALL The Oakville Rangers atom A rep team have bowed out of their Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) playdowns, but not without a gutsy comeback attempt. Down 2-0 in the best of five series (as previously recounted in the Beaver), the Rangers won the next two to force a fifth and decid ing game. Like the rest of the series it was close but with Oakville ultimately losing 2-1 in Hespeler. Oakville fell behind 2-0 after the second period and could only manage one goal in the final frame even though they once again outshot Hespeler 16-11. Joey Cicchini scored the lone goal, assisted by Matt Downer. It was an exciting series with each of the five games decided by one goal and three of the games going into overtime. Oakville outshot Hespeler throughout the series, 123-63. Oakville evened up the series at 2-2 on Saturday with a 3-2 over time win. Spencer Jenkin opened up the scoring for Oakville, assist ed by Tyson Theaker but then it was Hespeler that went ahead 2-1 with only 2:43 left in the game. Oakville fought back, with Joey Cicchini tying the game with just 1:19 left in the game and Matt Downer scoring the winner at the 8:44 mark of the 10-minute over time. Assists on those goals went to Daniel Desjardins. Downer and Cicchini. REGISTRATION For BOYS & GIRLS Saturday March 3 9 am 3 pm Birth Certificate and Health Card Required OMHA drive ended by Flamborough The Oakville Rangers minor atom AA rep team, sponsored by Kopriva Taylor and Lucent Technologies, have been eliminated from the second round of the OMHA Playdowns. A hard fought series saw the Rangers fall 3-1 to the Flamborough Sabres. A close first game saw the Rangers lose 3-2. Scoring for Oakville were Connor McMonagle and Tyler Schlonies. Assists went .to Sam Old and Aaron Kachkowski. Game two saw Oakville bounce back and double up on the Sabres, 4-2. Turning on the lamp twice was Jake Legein, with singles added by Josh Ceccarelli and Jordan Bortolotti. Assists went to Matt Fillman (2), David Provost (2), Jason Prolas and Aaron Kachkowski. Game three was another close one with the Rangers coming up short, 3-2. Scoring for Oakville were Tyler Schlonies and Mike McGillivray. Assists went to Jason Prolas, Connor McMonagle. Josh Ceccarelli and David Provost. Game four saw Oakville come out fighting but they were unable to muscle the Sabres, losing 4-1. Scoring the lone Rangers goal was Josh Ruys. O a k v il l e S u m m e r M in o r H o c k e y L e a g u e May - August Schedule Including "vacation week "to assist with holiday planning. 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Aquinas Raiders (Continued from page D1) Monday's Halton championship. Having lost the opening game (2522), Aquinas were actually down in the second game 14-4, and appeared headed for a short afternoon's work -- only this time, on the losing end. Peter Szpakowski, who coaches the Raiders along with Michelle Spears, said that everything seemed to be dropping in for Georgetown while at the same time his own troops appeared tentative and timid -- exact ly what they hadn't been all year. For that, he said, "I blasted them." The players -- many of them ben efiting from last year's championship experience -- were able to find their form and regain the momentum, he said. Aquinas also went into the champi onship last year as the favourites, at least on paper, having been undefeat ed against junior opposition in regular league play. But reputation does count for something and Georgetown went in as two-time champs, and given a contro versial home court advantage, they managed to defeat Aquinas in two straight (25-22, 25-19). This year, Aquinas players were definitely feeling a case of deja vu. But they managed to shake them selves out of it and keep history from repeating itself. Time will tell if it will be the start of a dynasty at the school. CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ROSTER: Players ... Cheryl Silva, Shelly Visser. Andrea Sergautis, Natashiea Silva, Brittany Eybergen, Sarah Dillon, Marina Spudic (captain). Nicole Santamaria Rebecca Miziolek. Leanne Da Kusa, Nora Jean Howard, Ashley Menard and Vicky Jelicic. Coaches ... Peter Szpakowski and Michelle Spears. (Starters are boldfaced.) FREE! THESE QUALITY WILSON CLUBS WILL BE CUSTOM-FITTED FOR GRIP AND LENGTH! DON'T MISS IT! 'M usi be accompanied by an adult Friday is Golf Barrie Day! 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